The technology revolution sweeping the business world has reached Australia’s university students, who are increasingly looking at starting their own businesses as an alternative to traditional career paths.
Student’s from Griffith University’s Logan campus have just completed an intense weekend long workshop with Texas-based startup educators, 3 Day Startup (3DS). Their enthusiasm underlined by the fact the students were only a week away from exams.
The startup is an exciting option for student’s ambitions, because of the low cost of entry and development. Startups are generally internet-based, capitalising on the digital economy and capable of growing quickly or changing focus through the customer experience.
Startups grew out of the United States in the nineties and boomed following the success of businesses like Amazon, Netflixs and more recently Airbnb. When these businesses find success they can sometime disrupt their entire industry, typified by Uber’s disruption the global taxi industry.
When Griffith wanted to expand the